Confucius said: The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night.

In the blink of an eye, the annual ring of history has turned to the spring of 196.

Since June 193, the first Tianxia Academic Exchange Conference was held, and at the end of June, Liu Yuan got married again, taking four wives. At that time, the princes of the Central Plains, the lords of the Western Regions, the queen of Yingzhou Yamatai, Himihu and others gathered in Youzhou. After that, Cao Ying paid a certain price and took away the Xiahou brothers and Chen Gong.

In September, Princess Cai Yan gave birth to a daughter for Liu Yuan, and because of the birth of Qiu, she was named Liu Qiu by Liu Yuan's unscrupulous father.

In the early autumn, Jia Xu and Ma Chaoda broke Wusun Da Kunmi, slaughtered the king city of Kunmi, Chigu City, built more than 10 Beijing views, and shocked the Western Regions.

At the end of autumn, Lu Bu, a general under Xu Huang of the Shanggu Army, attacked the remnants of Hujie and Ding Ling, fed the war with war, killed and wounded countless people, built a fortress in Beijing, and forced the two clans to surrender, become slaves, and contribute to their strength.

At the same time, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Ma Dai under Huang Chang broke the remnants of the Xiongnu and Jiankun forces and forced them to surrender.

In March of the following year, Wusun Xiaokunmi sent his son as a hostage and declared him a minister.

In May, all the countries of the Western Regions issued a letter of state, and Liu Yuan then set up the Western Prefecture, with Jia Xu as the state pastor and Ma Chao as the commander of the army, to lead the Western Regions.

In June, the remnants of the Eastern Ding Zero Army fought several battles with the Yuyang Army, and were defeated again and again, with countless casualties, and finally moved west in panic and disappeared.

So far, the hidden dangers in the west and north have been fully lifted.

When Liu Yuan put his energy into the northwest, the Central Plains ignited the flames of war again.

In July 193, Yuan Shao's general Zhang Jaw was defeated by Cao Ying and returned in vain.

In the spring of 194, after a year's rest, Cao Ying sent troops to attack Shouchun at the end of March. At the end of July, Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor in Hefei. At the beginning of September, Yuan Shu, who had only been the emperor for a month, was defeated by Cao Ying's general Xiahou Chun and vomited blood and died.

After Cao Ying defeated Yuan Shu, he did not adopt the strategy suggested by Chen Gong to attack Xuzhou, but turned his gun and fought a big battle with Liu Biao, seizing the entire territory of the Lujiang River.

At this point, Cao Ying occupied the entire territory of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and his power increased greatly, and he was in the limelight for a while.

In June, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan died of illness, and Liu Yuan personally went to mourn.

In July, Zhang Lu killed the minister of Yizhou and seized Hanzhong.

In mid-July, Fan Chou, who occupied a section of Hanzhong, was defeated and killed by Zhang Lu. At this point, Dong Zhuo's old department was completely destroyed.

In August, Liu Zhang returned to Yizhou, took over as the state pastor, and sent the general Yan Yan as the commander and sent 100,000 troops to attack Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu was defeated, defended Baishui Pass, and hung up the free battle card. The confrontation between the two armies is not mentioned.

In September, Sun Quan defeated Yan Baihu, according to the five counties of Wujun, Danyang, Huiji, Poyang, and Linhai, and went to Luoyang, seeking Yangzhou Mu and Zhennanhou.

In October, Sun Quan's attack on Yuzhang County was blocked, and he was defeated by the hands of the local Shanyue tribe, and the general Han Dang was seriously injured and almost died. Later, Sun Quan attacked Linchuan and Jian'an counties, all of which were blocked and defeated by the local Shanyue tribe.

In the spring of 195, Cao Ying attacked Jingzhou on a large scale, but Liu Biaofen did not give in.

The elite cavalry and infantry of the two armies fought in Yexian in March, and they could not hold each other.

Liu Biao's Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers fought with Cao Ying's Xun You, Chen Gong and other military divisions.

In July, Cao Ying used a discordant plan to make Liu Biao's generals Cai Mao and Wen Ping disagree, and then took advantage of the weakness to break Liu Biao's army! At that time, Liu Biao's elite died in a battle, and then he couldn't resist Cao Ying's attack, and he was defeated and retreated.

In August, at the request of Liu Biao, Yuan Shao sent troops to two routes, one way with Zhang Jaw as the general, sent troops to Bishui Pass, and attacked Chenliu; All the way, with Gao Ran as the general, he sent troops to attack Nanyang.

Cao Ying had no choice but to return to the army to resist, and Liu Biao won a chance to breathe.

In October, Chen Liu fell, and the east gate of Yanzhou was opened.

At the same time, Cao Ying used Xun Yu's strategy to quietly send an iron cavalry to contact Wang Yun, Yang Biao and other royalist ministers in Luoyang City, and attack Luoyang! and took the straw bale of heaven.

Then, Cao Ying used the Son of Heaven as a bait to set up a heavy ambush in Yingchuan, and broke Yuan Shao's personal pursuit of soldiers and horses!

Yuan Shao's internal instability and vitality were greatly damaged, so he had to suspend military operations.

Cao Ying won the opportunity, waved his army south, and broke Xiangyang!

Liu Biao was defeated, like a lost dog, and quietly fled to Youzhou under the escort of Wenpin, Kuai Yue and others.

At this point, Cao Ying occupied the northern part of Jingzhou.

In November, Cao's army once again gathered its troops, and when it wanted to threaten a great victory, it took advantage of the situation to go south, but was blocked by the Yangtze River naval division led by Jiang Qin in Chibi, and was unable to advance an inch after several defeats.

In desperation, Cao Ying had no choice but to stop, turn the spearhead, and point directly at Si Li.

196 years.

It's March, and spring is blooming.

Liu Yuan sat on the Taishi chair, teasing his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, with a warm smile on his face.

"Knock Knock"

"Come in." Liu Yuan didn't raise his head and said softly.

"Crunch"

The door was pushed open, and Guo Jia walked in with his eight-figure beard.

Behind him, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, Zhang Zhao, Chen Deng, Xi Zhicai and other literati military advisors; Xu Huang, Huang Chang, Yan Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Ma Chao, Lu Yi, Gan Ning and other military generals rushed in.

"Sit."

Liu Yuan waved his hand casually and asked everyone to sit down.

Seeing so many people coming to him, Xiao Liu Qiu stared at Guo Jia with a pair of big black eyes watery, and called uncle while stretching out his hands. Guo Jia laughed, took Liu Qiu from Liu Yuan's arms, teased him twice, and passed it to Fu Yu.

In this way, little Liu Qiu was passed around, and finally returned to Liu Yuan's arms.

"Someone."

Liu Yuan snorted, and a maid walked in.

"Take the young lady down."

After the maid took Liu Qiu away, Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Do you know why this king summoned all of you back?" ”

Everyone was clear.

Guo Jia said: "It's time to go south." ”

"yes, it's time to go south." Liu Yuan bowed his head and said, "Calling you all back today is to work together and work hard in a battle!" ”

"Fengxiao, let's talk about the army construction and military deployment in the past few years."

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Because of the expansion of the territory, the army continues to grow, and by this year, the nine legions, with a total of 950,000 regular elite troops, 800,000 logistics troops, and a total of 1.75 million. ”

"There are 300,000 corps in the Western Regions and Mobei, led by three generals, Ma Chao, Huang Chang, and Xu Huang, and stationed in Shanshan, Juyan, and Heyun."

"One hundred thousand legions in the far north, led by General Zhao Yun, stationed in the Beihai camp."

"A corps of 100,000 in Liaodong, led by General Yan Liang, stationed in Lihan."

"A regiment of 100,000 in Jizhou, led by General Liyi, is stationed in Linzi, Qingzhou."

"A regiment of 100,000 in Hanoi, led by General Zhang Fei, stationed in Huai County."

"Hetao has a corps of 100,000, led by General Gao Shun, divided into two divisions, one in Hedong, and one at the junction of Yong and Liang."

"The 150,000 water divisions, commanded by General Gan Ning, are divided into three divisions, and the governor Zhou Tai leads one division, which is the Yellow River water division; Governor Jiang Qin led a section and was the Yangtze River Water Division; General Gan led a section of his own, crisscrossing the waters of eastern Liaodong, connecting the two major naval divisions of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. ”

"In addition, there is the Jiangnan Shanyue Army, which has a rough count of 100,000, and the commander is the Shanyue General Ke Xun."

After listening to this, Liu Yuan nodded slightly.

"With the addition of the Shanyue Army, our army has ten corps, surrounding the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and can launch a general attack at any time!"

Liu Yuan said: "Okay, then, Yuan Hao, what about you?" ”

Tian Feng's face was straight, and he said: "According to last year's census statistics, the total population of Youzhou exceeds 45 million! By now, there should be growth. ”

"Youzhou has 13 million, Jizhou 8 million, Bingzhou 6 million, Liangzhou 7 million, Qingzhou 6 million, Hetao, Beijiang, Mobei, Hedong, and Hanoi 5 million."

"Hehehe" Liu Yuan said with a smile: "The population is growing quite fast." In just three years, it has doubled. So, what about food production and hoarded supplies? ”

"Last year, the per capita grain output reached 60 stones, and the total output was about 2.7 billion stones. As of today, the seven granaries of Jizhou, Qingzhou, Hanoi, Hedong, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou have hoarded a total of 130 million stone grain. ”

"130 million en, that's enough!" Liu Yuan said with a smile.

After Tian Feng finished speaking, he retreated, got up and arched his hand again, and said: "Up to now, there are more than 530 pastures in the grasslands of Northern Xinjiang and Hetao, about 5 million domesticated horses, and a total of 50 million cattle and sheep. ”

"Chi Road is all over the major states and counties, extending in all directions. In total, there are six national highways. Three east-west directions, one of which starts from Lihan City in the east, passes through the five cities of Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Yuwang and Shiqin, until Longcheng, and finally ends at Heyun; Second, it starts from Lihancheng in the east, passes through Liaodong and Liaoxi, passes through Yuyang and Shanggu, passes through Bingzhou, passes through Jinyang, crosses the Hetao, connects Juyan, and finally arrives in Shanshan; The third east starts from Linzi, passes through Jizhou, Hanoi, and Hedong, crosses the Hetao, enters Liangzhou, and extends to Shanshan in the Western Regions. Two longitudinal, one of which starts from Beihai camp, passes through Qincheng, Yuyang, Jizhou, and Linzi; second, starting from Longcheng, passing through Mobei and grassland, going down and merging with the state, to Xie County, Hedong; Third, it starts from Heyun, crosses the north of the desert, goes south to the Hetao, and connects Wuwei in Liangzhou. ”

"Good!" Liu Yuan laughed: "With such a gallop in all directions, my army is on call, and it is not fast to point where to fight!" Zibu, it's your turn! ”

Zhang Zhao got up, saluted, and said: "Last year, the total revenue of commercial taxes has reached 22 million gold, of which 15 million gold clubs have been invested in the construction of galloping roads, post stations, hospitals, schools and other facilities, 5 million gold is military expenses, and the remaining 2 million gold stocks are ready for use. Agricultural taxes are hoarded on the basis of grain. ”

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Chen Qun got up and said: "As of this year, within the jurisdiction of the lord, the government decree is smooth and the law is strict. The total number of officials, officials, and city guards in various places has reached 700,000, and at the same time, courts in various places are under construction, Youzhou and Jizhou have been completed, and several other states have also reached the final stage. ”

Then, Jia Xu got up and said, "So far, there are more than 130,000 regular members of the dark department, and more than 300,000 peripheral members. Regardless of the jurisdiction of the lord, or Jiangnan, Shuzhong, and the Central Plains, they are all all over the eyeliner. ”

With that, Jia Xu sat down

Everyone reported the data they were responsible for one by one, and Liu Yuan nodded in admiration from time to time, his face was very happy.

(To be continued)